gnarly = cool (1979)

[James Smith]

"Cherry" was common back in the 60's when I was a
teen.  Just meant good, fine, real good.  Don't
remember it ever being applied to people, i.e., girls
and women; always inanimate objects, especially cars.
Had nothing to do with with the paint color.

JIM

--- "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:

> >
> >         Doesn't "cherry" just mean "red" here?
> Although the
> > Prince song hadn't yet appeared, red was already a
> popular
> > color for Corvettes.
> >
> Possibly.  But I took it to mean "nice condition"
> (=> unused => virgin).
>


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                               |or slowly and cautiously.




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